Looking toward the east at the Carson City Airport in 1960.
Saturday
150 Years Ago
Advertisement: “Baths! Jacob Muller’s Hair Dressing and Bathing Saloon, Carson Street, next door to the county buildings, Carson City. Private entrance for ladies through the alley in the rear of Willis’ Drug Store. Thanking the ladies and gentlemen of Carson and vicinity for their liberal patronage heretofore bestowed upon me… Jacob Muller.”
140 Years Ago
Writing lessons: Miss M. Purcell is now prepared to give writing lessons at her residence, corner Fourth and Plaza Streets. A large class has already been formed for the study of the Spencerian system.
130 Years Ago
All sorts: Mrs. D.L. Bliss and daughter Miss Hope, returned from California.
On Saturday evening about a mile and a half from Washoe City, the express car and smoker were derailed by running into some cattle. No one was hurt but the cow.
110 Years Ago
School for suffragist: Under the direction of Mrs. Carrie Chapman Cat and other suffrage leaders, a school for suffragists was opened. Young women will be trained for street speaking, field work, office work, organizing, answering questions and drilled in state and national laws.
70 Years Ago
Advertisement: “Sky-Vue theatre, admission 65 cents, children under 12 free. ‘Scarlett Angel’ and Zane Grey’s ‘Nevada’ with Robert Mitchum and Anne Jeffreys.”
20 Years Ago
Stroke for Hope golf tournament: The Soroptimists International of Carson City and Carson Advocates for Cancer Care are putting on the tournament with corporate sponsor Great Basin Imaging to raise funds to be used to provide mammograms for local women unable to afford healthcare.
Sunday
145 Years Ago
From Bodie: Mr. Fred Rathbone has been sojourning there for the past month. He says there are new people in the camp from all parts of the country. John Wagner is conducting a large liquor house. The hotel accommodations are nothing very complimentary. It is hard to get a bed and provisions. In the coming days Bodie will be one of the liveliest camps ever seen on this coast.
140 Years Ago
All sorts: John Egan, the 72-year-old would be of Virginia City, is going to get well.
Wells Fargo will sell their letter franks at four cents each after the first of October.
130 Years Ago
Spare the catfish: The Appeal has received a long communication from an angler relative to the wanton destruction of catfish in Washoe Lake. The fish have been planted there but a few years and are about five inches long. They are large enough to catch for the table but there should be a stop put to the practice of catching “big strings.” Some men think of nothing of catching over a hundred in an afternoon, bringing them to the city and selling them to private party. No man who has any respect for the tradition of angling will catch ten times more fish than he can simply because they bite freely.
110 Years Ago
Building a new home: Fred Fellows has been doing an extensive lot of cement work on the new building for Dr. Krebs on his lot in the western addition and when completed this will be one of the most up-to-date cottages in the city. An unused dwelling that for years stood in Empire, will have been transformed into a model and useful residence.
70 Years Ago
Seventh grade officers: The seventh-grade classes in Carson schools elected officers as follows: Richard Fletcher, president; Judith Clendenon, vice president; Judy Gray, secretary; Martha Westover, treasurer; Henry Snyder, sergeant at arms.
20 Years Ago
Jack’s Bar: Mel Green is one of the best-known architectural preservationists. He was hired by Washoe County to assess the stability of the county-owned Bowers Mansion. He has also been called to assess the structure of Jack’s Bar.
Monday
145 Years Ago
A new tragedy: Sam Davis, the versatile “local” on the Virginia Chronicle, has written a tragedy, called “The Goose which Layed the Pewter Eggs.” He is now in San Francisco attending to its publication.
140 Years Ago
Pavilion falls: A portion of the ladies pavilion gave way and fifty people fell to the ground, including ladies and children. The shooting was suspended temporarily. Mr. Thaxter’s wife and two children, and Cowing’s brother were in the crowd. Joe Cowing was taken away with a badly injured spine, Dean Hatch was injured about the face. People were piled upon each other and many escaped uninjured. Dick Dwyer of San Francisco was injured internally, and Mrs. Smith of Virginia City had to be taken home in a conveyance.
130 Years Ago
Snake takes aim: This writer saw an Indian kill a rattlesnake in a peculiar manner. The rattler was ten feet from the Indian, and the Indian was merely resting the rifle on his knee but not taking aim. This writer bandaged the Indian’s eyes and holding the gun by his side at arm’s length, he pulled the trigger, and the ball entered the snake’s mouth and passed the whole length of his body. The old hunter said that he claims that a rattlesnake will always arrange himself directly in line with a gun or stick pointed at it. You just touch the trigger, and the snake does the rest.
110 Years Ago
The flood: The hotels of Goldfield served dinner by candlelight. In the midst of the meal, the electric lights unexpectedly turned on. The diners stood up and cheered. About fifty cabins and cottages were ruined with a total property cost of $100,000. Two women drowned, and about $20,000 was lost by damage to flooded mines and loss of power.
70 Years Ago
Advertisement: “Sky-Vue Drive-In Theatre, admission 65 cents, children under 12 free. ‘Hoodlum Empire,’ a Bob Considine story, and ‘Out of the Earth,’ an oil country documentary, cartoon and news.”
20 Years Ago
Dayton: The 15th annual Dayton Festival fights to keep the town’s history intact. The Karson Kruzers are coming, the craft vendors are ready, and 3,500 people are expected. There are two parades, music, an art show and craft vendors. “The money is used to help “Search and Rescue” and for the restoration of old town Dayton…” according to Patty Polish, Dayton Valley Days coordinator.
Tuesday
145 Years Ago
New mining district: The Chronicle says a new mining district called the Delaware District, situated in Brunswick Canyon, Ormsby County, has been organized, and several claims have been located. The ledges discovered contain considerable gold on the surface. Preparations are being made to prospect them.
140 Years Ago
Accident at Pavilion: “Editor Appeal… The cause of the accident on the shooting grounds where the seats provided for ladies only and broke down, should be explained…. They were overcrowded, and in addition men and boys pulled themselves up on the sides and back end, broke loose the braces and packed off the two-inch planks which braced the east end and then make seats for themselves…” signed a member of the Carson Guard.
130 Years Ago
All sorts: Chedic Bros. will open a night restaurant the first of next week and will have fresh oysters and all the delicacies the market affords on hand.
110 Years Ago
The picturesque – The beauty of Kings Canyon: In 1862 Alfred Helm and associates were granted by enactment of the territorial legislature, the right to construct a road from “the western end of King Street, in the town of Carson, Territory of Nevada, to continue up through what is known as King’s Canyon to the summit of the eastern range of the Sierra Nevada Mountains…. As all toll roads at that time, it was kept well sprinkled and free from dust, and the legislature allowed the following rate of toll to be charged. Wagon 2 horses $2, additional animal .25 cents; empty wagon $1; Buggy with 2 horses, $1.50; Buggy, 1 horse $1...
70 Years Ago
Mining Congress: The American Mining Congress urged the federal government to restore the gold standard, and that they be removed at the “earliest practicable time.” The resolution also urged the U.S. Congress to fix a ratio at which the dollar and gold would be made fully convertible…
20 Years Ago
Blue Thunder Marching Band: A neighbor’s complaint to the police forced the band to end rehearsal an hour early and has created a difficult week for the band. “The real positive outcome is the kids know they’re supported by their community,” according to Robert Brooks, band director.
Sue Ballew is the daughter of Bill Dolan, who wrote this column for the Nevada Appeal from 1947 until his death in 2006.